17
September
2012
METROPOL Group of Companies is a strategic partner of the Baikal Economic Forum
The VII Baikal Economic Forum International Conference was
organized by the Federation Council and government of Buryatia,
with the support of the Ministry of Regional Development and the
Russian Ministry of Economic Development, the Presidential
Plenipotentiary in the Siberian Federal District. METROPOL Group of
Companies was the Strategic Partner of the Forum The status
of the Forum’s Strategic Partner reflects the endeavor of METROPOL
Group of Companies to fully support the development of the Republic
of Buryatia in shaping its economic infrastructure based on
innovative strategies in science and industry.
Among the BEF participants were representatives of federal
authorities, supervisory officials of Russian Federation
constituent entities and local authorities, public organizations
and associations, businessmen, scientists, public figures of
Russia, as well as guests from the U.S., India, China, Japan, the
EU and the CIS – overall about 15 countries. The conference was
also attended by presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich, Head of the
Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, Head of the Republic of
Buryatia Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn, Deputy Head of the Federation
Council Vyacheslav Shtyrov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on
Energy Ivan Grachev, President of OJSC Russian Railways Vladimir
Yakunin, Presidential Plenipotentiary in the Siberian Federal
District Viktor Tolokonsky, Deputy Chairman of the Russian State
Duma Committee on Natural Resources, Environment and Ecology
Mikhail Slipenchuk and others. The agenda included over 12 events,
which were attended by 2,500 people. Within the business agenda of
the Forum a series of meetings and round table discussions
addressed issues regarding energy, transport infrastructure and the
construction of roads, power lines, power facilities, the
preservation and development of small villages and education and
potential of youth.
The entertainment program of the Forum was diverse. The
presentation of the educational project Planet Baikal, which
includes a film of the same name and a scientific publication. The
organizers are Corporation Roskosmos, the Fund for Protection of
Lake Baikal, with the support of the Government of the Republic of
Buryatia and METROPOL Group of Companies. The film Planet Baikal is
a unique experiment of Russian cosmonauts and scientists at the
Russian Academy of Sciences within the International expedition
MIRs on Baikal. The film was presented to the public by its authors
– Gayane Petrosyan and Larisa Smirnova.
The second significant event of the Baikal Forum was the
presentation of the International Art Forum Baikal Harbor. The goal
of this multi-format project is to develop in the Baikal region all
trends of contemporary art, to integrate ancient traditions of the
region’s peoples into the international cultural context. The
project is designed as a tool for an image-building promotion of
the Baikal region both in Russia and globally, as well as an
effective means to increase the investment attractiveness of the
region. Initiators of the Art Forum are the Ministry of Culture of
the Republic of Buryatia, the Fund for Protection of Lake Baikal,
METROPOL Group of Companies and the Voice of Nomads music
festival.
The main result of the Forum was the signing of investment
agreements with businessmen of South Korea, China and Russia for a
total of 69 billion rubles.
Head of the Republic of Buryatia Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn, Head
of the Federation Council V. Matvienko, Chairman of the People’s
Khural (Parliament) of the Republic of Buryatia M. Gershevich next
to the stand of METROPOL Group of Companies
Forum Opening
Presentation of the Planet Baikal educational
project
Director of the Baikal Institute of Environmental Management
A. Tulokhonov, project authors L. Smirnova and G. Petrosyan, Deputy
Head of Special Projects Department of METROPOL Group of Companies
I. Krylova, and Director for Regional Activities of IFC METROPOL B.
Tsyrenov
Minister of Cultural Affairs of the Republic of Buryatia T.
Tsybikov at the presentation of the Baikal Harbor Art
Forum.
Performance of Namgar ensemble at the presentation of the
Baikal Harbor Art Forum.
